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-.. list-table::
-   :header-rows: 1
-
-   * - SQL
-
-     - :program:`manual:mongo` Shell
-
-     - C++ Driver
-
-   * - .. code-block:: sql
-       
-          INSERT INTO USERS
-          VALUES( 1, 1)
-       
-
-     - .. code-block:: javascript
-       
-          db.users.insert( { a: 1, b: 1 } )
-       
-
-     - .. code-block:: cpp
-       
-          // GENOID is optional. if not done by client,
-          // server will add an _id
-       
-          c.insert("mydb.users", 
-            BSON(GENOID<<"a"<<1<<"b"<<1));
-          // then:
-          string err = c.getLastError();
-       
-
-   * - .. code-block:: sql
-       
-          SELECT a,b FROM users
-       
-
-     - .. code-block:: javascript
-       
-          db.users.find( {},
-                         {a: 1, b: 1 }
-                       )
-       
-
-     - .. code-block:: cpp
-       
-          BSONObj b = BSON("a"<<1<<"b"<<1)
-          auto_ptr<DBClientCursor> cursor =
-            c.query("mydb.users", Query(), 
-            0, 0, &b);
-       
-
-   * - .. code-block:: sql
-       
-          SELECT * FROM users
-       
-
-     - .. code-block:: javascript
-       
-          db.users.find()
-       
-
-     - .. code-block:: cpp
-       
-          auto_ptr<DBClientCursor> cursor =
-            c.query("mydb.users", Query());
-       
-
-   * - .. code-block:: sql
-       
-          SELECT *
-          FROM users
-          WHERE age=33
-       
-
-     - .. code-block:: javascript
-       
-          db.users.find( { age: 33 } )
-       
-
-     - .. code-block:: cpp
-       
-          auto_ptr<DBClientCursor> cursor =
-            c.query("mydb.users", QUERY("age"<<33))
-          // or:
-          auto_ptr<DBClientCursor> cursor =
-            c.query("mydb.users", BSON("age"<<33))
-       
-
-   * - .. code-block:: sql
-       
-          SELECT *
-          FROM users
-          WHERE age=33
-          ORDER BY name
-       
-
-     - .. code-block:: javascript
-       
-          db.users.find( { age: 33 } ).sort( { name: 1 } )
-       
-
-     - .. code-block:: cpp
-       
-          auto_ptr<DBClientCursor> cursor =
-            c.query("mydb.users", 
-              QUERY("age"<<33).sort("name"));
-       
-
-   * - .. code-block:: sql
-       
-          SELECT *
-          FROM users
-          WHERE age>33
-          AND age<=40
-       
-
-     - .. code-block:: javascript
-       
-          db.users.find( { 'age': { $gt:33, $lte:40 } } )
-       
-
-     - .. code-block:: cpp
-       
-          auto_ptr<DBClientCursor> cursor =
-            c.query("mydb.users", 
-            QUERY("age"<<GT<<33<<LTE<<40));
-       
-
-   * - .. code-block:: sql
-       
-          CREATE INDEX myindexname
-          ON users(name)
-       
-
-     - .. code-block:: javascript
-       
-          db.users.ensureIndex( {name: 1 } )
-       
-
-     - .. code-block:: cpp
-       
-          c.ensureIndex("mydb.users", BSON("name"<<1));
-       
-
-   * - .. code-block:: sql
-       
-          SELECT *
-          FROM users
-          LIMIT 10
-          SKIP 20
-       
-
-     - .. code-block:: javascript
-       
-          db.users.find().limit(10).skip(20)
-       
-
-     - .. code-block:: cpp
-       
-          auto_ptr<DBClientCursor> cursor =
-            c.query("mydb.users", Query(), 
-                    10, 20);
-       
-
-   * - .. code-block:: sql
-       
-          SELECT * FROM users LIMIT 1
-       
-
-     - .. code-block:: javascript
-       
-          db.users.findOne()
-       
-
-     - .. code-block:: cpp
-       
-         bo obj = c.findOne("mydb.users", Query());
-       
-
-   * - .. code-block:: sql
-       
-          SELECT DISTINCT last_name
-          FROM users
-          WHERE x=1
-       
-
-     - .. code-block:: javascript
-       
-          db.users.distinct( 'last_name', {x: 1} )
-       
-
-     - .. code-block:: cpp
-       
-          // no helper for distinct yet in c++ driver,
-          // so send command manually
-          bo cmdResult;
-          bool ok = c.runCommand(
-            "mydb",
-            BSON("distinct" << "users"
-                            << "key" << "last_name"
-                            << "query" << BSON("x"<<1)),
-            cmdResult);
-          list<bo> results;
-          cmdResult["values"].Obj().Vals(results);
-       
-
-   * - .. code-block:: sql
-       
-          SELECT COUNT(*) 
-          FROM users
-          where AGE > 30
-       
-
-     - .. code-block:: javascript
-       
-          db.users.find( { age: { $gt: 30 } } ).count()
-       
-
-     - .. code-block:: cpp
-       
-          unsigned long long n = 
-             c.count("mydb.users", BSON("age"<<GT<<30));
-       
-
-   * - .. code-block:: sql
-       
-          UPDATE users 
-          SET a=a+2 
-          WHERE b='q'
-       
-
-     - .. code-block:: javascript
-       
-          db.users.update( { b: 'q' },
-                           { $inc: { a:2 } }, 
-                           false, true)
-       
-
-     - .. code-block:: cpp
-       
-          c.update("mydb.users", QUERY("b"<<"q"), 
-                   BSON("$inc"<<BSON("a"<<2)), false, true);
-          // then optionally:
-          string err = c.getLastError();
-          bool ok = err.empty();
-       
-
-   * - .. code-block:: sql
-       
-          DELETE
-          FROM users
-          WHERE z="abc"
-       
-
-     - .. code-block:: javascript
-       
-          db.users.remove( { z: 'abc' } )
-       
-
-     - .. code-block:: cpp
-       
-          c.remove("mydb.users", QUERY("z"<<"abc"));
-          // then optionally:
-          string err = c.getLastError();
-       
-
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-.. |checkmark| unicode:: U+2713